Thanksgiving

This is a poem that the girl I nanny and myself wrote the other day - she is so smart!

THANKSGIVING


Thanksgiving Day comes once a year,

where friends and family will gather near.


With all the joys and comforts of home,

we come together and make our grateful hearts known.


We hug and catch up with each person we greet,

then come to the table to take our seat.


With bowed heads we say our Thanksgiving prayers,

and praise the Lord for all of his cares.


Psalm 145:7
"They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness."

Footprints In The Sand

You walked with me, footprints in the sand
And helped me understand where I'm going
You walked with me when I was all alone
With so much unknown along the way
Then I heard you say

I promise you, I'm always there
When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
I'll carry you when you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

I see my life flash across the sky
So many times have I been so afraid
And just when I have thought I lost my way
You give me strength to carry on
That's when I heard you say

I promise you, I'm always there
When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
And I'll carry you when you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

When I'm weary, well, I know you'll be there
And I can feel you when you say

I promise you, I'm always there
When your heart is filled with sadness and despair
I'lll carry you when you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

(Footprints In The Sand, Songwriters: Cowell, Simon; Kreuger, David Bengt; Magnusson, Per Olof; Page, Richard;)

I love the comfort this songs bring when picturing Christ as the one walking in the sand beside me. Love it! Here is a short story below that speaks to this very thing...

One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand:
one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him
he looked back, at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of his life.

This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it:
"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied:
"My son, My precious child, I love you and I never would leave you,
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."